Flowers Foods Inc's dividends per share for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.16. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.61. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was 0.84. As of today, Flowers Foods Inc's Dividend Yield is 3.25%.

Warning Sign:

If a company dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout of Flowers Foods Inc is 0.842, which seems too high.

Good Sign:

Flowers Foods Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

During the past 12 months, Flowers Foods Inc's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 15.90% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Flowers Foods Inc was 153.50% per year. The lowest was 0.00% per year. And the median was 11.60% per year.

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